The three are currently on their large tankery field observing the surrounding area, until Saori spotted a large plane approaching their school ship in the horizon.
"Hey! Ikeda and Shino, look over there!"
Saori called Ikeda and Shino pointing towards the direction of the plane.
"We should probabably tell the principal about it"
Shino told after seeing the plane.
Ikeda nodded and replied "Yeah, I think we should"
The three agreed and began running towards their clubroom.
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The plane is getting closer and so they continued running forward but they're too slow and they just saw the plane fly above them and so they crouched and while doing it they noticed the cargo door started dropping crates with parachutes on their Tankery Field.
"They must be our tanks"
Saori commented
"Damn, If that's how they deliver those things! then that's amazingn"
Ikeda got suddenly excited and had a huge smile on her face.
They stood up and resumed their running and It only took them a few minutes before they arrived at the open field of their tankery area and approached the cargo crates neatly paradrop near to each other.
They inspected the dropped cargo crates and most of them looked the same with the Saunder's School logo in each crate.
Shino got closer and started untying the rope and after removing covers and the threads holding the crate together sure enough it was a tank.
"Thats... a Vickers 6 ton?"
Saori guessed.
"No, that's probably the Soviet T-26 but, Shino, didn't you said to the principal we are using american tanks"
Ikeda talked in confusion.
"I definitely asked for Americans there probably must be a mistake in delivery."
Shino replied while looking around the tank.
"Wait... no actually this might be a Stuart tank"
Ikeda re-guessing the tank again.
After hearing her guess Saori agreed to Ikeda's guess of the tank being a Stuart Tank.
Shino unsure of the guess, decided to open her phone and went to her folders filled with tank identification based on nations, and after a few minutes she saw that its an M2A4 Light Tank..."
"Wait really?"
Ikeda asked.
Shino then nodded her head and showed the picture to Ikeda.
After a few seconds of silent and looking at the tank Ikeda sighed.
"You're joking how the hell are we gonna use this, this is a training tank, there is probably more tanks that the Principal bought than this tin can."
Ikeda walks to another crate unbinding its ropes.
Shino and Saori shrugged and went to help their friend, one by one each crate revealed and in the end they got....
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"Two M3 Lee Three M3 Stuarts and Five M2A4 Light Tanks"
Ikeda sighs.
It took them a lot of hours unpacking these crates and exerted a lot of strength as well but ,Shino, noticed and realized that other crates contains parts, fuel and munitions for the tanks and so she told the two to grab the push cart in the garage and start moving all these material away from the sun before things go bad.
However when it comes to the tanks none of them knew how to even drive a car let alone a tank and so they left it on the field for now as the afternoon falls.
The three are exhausted and tired after doing all of that and so they went straight home for now and discuss the tankery things tomorrow.
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The next day after checking the tanks are still there the girls went to their table room and started discussing their plans.
"Alright let's begin, first of all we are definitely not gonna use the m3 lee"
Ikeda told in a fierce tone.
"Eh, that's gonna be a waste and its 75mm is pretty powerful" Shino questions Ikeda's claim.
Ikeda sighs
"Its just that its really tall and it could compromise any position it will occupy"
Shino smiled.
"I understand, however we will still use these M3 Lee afterall it would be a waste, our plan now is to drive them into the garage and park it."
Ikeda nodded.
"Fine"
Saori then asked.
"Like right now?"
Shino nodded and the three finished some final discussions before going to the tank pile they left yesterday because they're tired already.
Shino grabbed a driving manual that shr found in the driver's hatch and Shino decided to sit infront of the M2A4 Light and started reading its contents.
A Radial Engine powered tank weighing around 11Tons that has a max speed of 58km/h or 36mph, This tank served only in the spanish civil war before getting replaced by the M3 Stuarts.
Shino then opened the tank hatch and sat on the driver seat, immediately she noticed that the driver vision was modified since it was an odd part however she ignored it because it was hot inside and so she immediately turned the ignition on and the tank didn't start realizing something, she crawled her way out of the hatch again and started walking towards the garage, she also then noticed Ikeda and Saori grabbing Gas Cans and Tank Coolants
"it seems like we forgot those huh'
Shino chuckled to herself and said hello to the two and grabbed a gas can and tank coolant for the tank she got.
It was pretty heavy but she still she managed to carry it all the way to her tank.
After that a small review of the tank manual again and she properly fueled the tank and filled the coolant reservoir of the tank, once that is done she placed the two cans inside the tank to prevent it getting exposed to sunlight.
She then finally started the tank and the sound of radial engine roared in Shino's ears, she began moving it forward and it was pretty hard to control especially with such a small vision port, until she noticed a hatch holder she then grabbed and pushed it outward and she was in relief that she could finally see more than a small hole.
Her driving is wonky and almost crashed herself to the parked tanks many times however after handling it for minutes she got the hang of it and managed to drive it straight and do simple turns.
After a few more minutes she noticed Ikeda is driving the stuart while Saori is driving the m3 lee, she tried to drive besides them but both of them are not great drivers like her and might crash to each other and so she just decided to just drive it forward towards the garage and park it there.